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Diversity of the CYP21P-like gene in CYP21 deficiency.

More than 90% of cases of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are caused by mutations of the CYP21 gene. The occurrence of defective CYP21 genes, including 15 mutations, has been attributed to intergenic recombination of DNA sequences from CYP21P, and shows no influence on the RP1-C4A-CYP21P-XA-RP2-C4BCYP21- TNXB gene locus on chromosome 6p21. 3. However, multiple gene deletions in this region produce at least three categories of gene arrangements: (a) C4A-CYP21P/ CYP21-TNXB, in which there is a CYP21P/ CYP21 fusion gene; (b) C4A-XCYP21-TNXB, where XCYP21 indicates that the CYP21 gene contains mutations of IVS2 (-12A/C>G and 707-714delGAGACTAC); and (c) C4A-CYP21P-TNXA/TNXB, in which the TNX A and B genes are fused. Among them, seven different structures of the CYP21 haplotype were found at these three loci. Formation of the C4A-CYP21P/ CYP21-TNXB locus produced four distinct CYP21P/ CYP21 chimeras. The C4A-XCYP21-TNXB locus contained the IVS2 mutation -12A/C>G and 707-714delGAGACTAC from the XCYP21 gene; and two kinds of TNXA/TNXB hybrids were found in the C4A-CYP21P-TNXA/TNXB locus. The seven different CYP21 alleles produced 3.2 kb Taq I fragments caused by deletion of the RP2-XA-C4B locus. Therefore, production of a 3.2-kb CYP21 allele shows diversity, but is not a unique feature of the CYP21P gene. Most of these gene arrangements probably exist in the C4A-XCYP21-TNXB and C4A-CYP21P/ CYP21-TNXB gene loci. The existence of the C4A-CYP21P-TNXA/TNXB locus might not be common in CAH patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency.[1]

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